Pilferproof box



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Patented Nov, 6, r19128.

UNITED STATES.,

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'.i-osiirn 1in-Manor NEWYORK, N/Y., Assieivon rornnLoxsiiAn ,-co'nronalrioir, or BROOKLYN,-NEW Yonx, A oomionefrronfor NEWYORK. l

. Appiiciion'mannekes, 13:25. seni-.indiana This 'invention relates to pilier proof containers. Y

Pursuant to my invention, the parts of the box, carton or like containerfare `provided with members coacting with the twine or like binding medium.whereby `the twine is precluded from displacement, and otherwise safeguards the contents of the container `from pilfering.

Tursiaaiit to the more preferred forms of my inventn'm, the sides ot' the top or oi the covero'i the container'are provided With openings ii'or respectively receiving eye-inembers carried by the Ybottom part'or by the tray` of, the container and at such spaced locations to project the respective eye portions of the eye-members through sucli"`openings. The twine Y or other binding ymedium, is passed through the'cyes and thus heldin determined relationto the container and precludes slipping or otherwisedisplacing the 'twine inl any attempt to 'pilier the contents. l

Each eye-member. is preterably in the forni oic a clamp, preferably at its end opposite to its eye portion, suchclainp atlording ready positioning of the eye-member atfits desired location'on the bottom or traypart ofthe container. l 'i p The containverma'y be oa two'partftypeor ytelescoping cover and tray type.` The tray 1 part is preferably impertorate rto prevent observation ofthe contents' of the containei-,fand also to preserve the strength' and rigidity-ot such container part and to preclude the entry otany instruiiientor a finger therethrough. The tray of iny'preterred' form ofoontainer is preferably of Ia blan-k having the side,end and corner portionsotth'e blankcreased .to fform the sides, ends yand corners of the resulting tray by it'olding.V y The tray blank also preferably 'embodies an 'overlapping i ioldfiat its tivo sides'to reinforce the stiffness of the tray along its direction ot' le'ugtli'andfalso' coa'ct to lock the corners in set-up position.

rhecover part of my preferred forinjof container is toi-ined oi' 'a blankliavingffwholly creased parts excepting H,the openings 'for the eyes of the eye-clamp members', as aforesaid, the sides, ends and corners oi thecoi'ferare formed by appropriate creases applied to the cover blank and byfolding. LThe cover ypart is also preferably provided"withv an' overlap- .pingrfold at its ends, thereby `reinforcing the rigidity and stitfnessof thecover the' di- "ection of its ends,thus'co-operatingivitlr the reinforcementsof Vthe tray inthe transverse direction. Fin-ther features and objects of the invention will be more yfully understood from the following detail description land the accompanying drawings, in vWhich y Fig. 1 is a 'perspective vie'vv of a two-part or tolei-coping'type of container embodying iiiyinvention';

Fi-g, '-2-'isa-n exploded view 'iii perspective sho-Whig the cover of Fig-1 removed from fits tray, and also.` indicating one corner of Athe trayfiii' pai'tly'asseinbled position; i

lFig. isa topk pla-'n view -o't a. preferred for'irrot theb'la'nkof the tray; Fig. is a "top fplan view of va preferred ioiin ot the cover; l Fig. 5 is a. perspective viewof a preferred for .i of an eye-clan'ip member fr the tray orlbottoi'n -partoi the container;

Fig. (5 is a perspective view oit alprevferred p fior Athe cover orftopV 'part iori'n o coactingc'i ot the container; and

F 7 a detail vien7 in perspectiveshovving` a modification. t i

Reterring to '-1 and 2, the tormof the particular container illustrated islot the two- .parter'telescopiiigcover and Atray type. The

cover is indicated Aatl 10jandfth-'e tray 'atl-11., The cover 10 is provided A'with kthe desired number of 'openings 112 for receiving the eye 13 of an eye-member 14. ASuch openings ll2 are usually in` the-'sides and'eiids ofthe cover '10. l Each eye 13 is'fpreterably disposed in substantially horizontal position 'when the L`eye-meniber- 14 is in position fon the tray 11.

AEach eye-member 14 `is-pre'tei-'ably ofia'clainp,

as at its upper endkl, tliusatfordingready 'insertion of the clamp-member 14 at the dei sired location on the-tray 11. n Y

Such arrangement affords the shipment kof lthe eye-clamp 'ineinber's 14 separately from 'the container parts, which is `adistinctadvantage particularly With'gthe. type of tray and cover ot my invention, providing-for the `complete knockdoivn of the tray and cover tov VWholly Hatl condition. l The blank 16 of the tray-11 is shown Vin Fig. 3 and the blank'l''of 4Athe cover 10 isjshoivn'in Fig. 4; these parts vare described more particularly hereinafter.

'Such 'clamp portion 150i the eyeinenibers is also advantageous for lclamping'and locking-the overlapping folds 18, 19, seeFigs.l 2 andB, of the'sidesof the tray l1, which folds 18, 19 coact to hold the corners of the'tray'll in position. The foldingin feature for the corners obviates the presence of any cut-in portion or opening otherwise necessary and obviates the use of staples and the like, thus preserving andl in fact enhancing the stiffness and rigidity of the material of the tray as well as Vavoiding' the presence of any opening through the tray permitting observation of the contents of the tray or forthe entry of the overlapping folds 18, 19 of the tray 11.

Thev preferredforin of a tray for a twopart container embodying my invention is shown in Fig. 3. As indicated above, the opposite end portions 20, 21,fand the opposite side portions 22, 23, together with the corners 27 are formed without any cutting-in or slots or openings of the blank 16 within the outer contour or margin'of these parts. By the provision of the rectangular outline of creases 28, the opposite ends 20, 21 and the opposite sides 22, 23 are set up by folding along such creased lines 28. Each corner 27 is formed by the provision of a diagonal crease 29 and theright angular creases 30, 31. Like reference numbers indicate like parts for the respective corners 27. Y The fold 18 for the side 22 and the fold 19 for the side 23, of the tray blankr 16 vis provided by the creased lines 32, 33.V

As is .indicated 1n the lowerV portion of Fig.

l2, each corner 27 is formed by folding inwardly each corner portion 27 of the blank upon its diagonal creased line 29 and upon the right 'angular creases 30, 31, and after the corner has been fully folded., theoverlap 18 is folded inwardly of the side 22 of the tray 11. The provision o-f the clamp portion of the clamp member 14 upon being clipped `over the overlapping fold 18, serves to hold the overlapping fold 18 in position. and therewith each corner 27 is retained by the overlapping itold18.V A similar coaction and relation of' parts obtains for the ,remaining two corners 27 by the provision of the overlapping fold 19 and the one or more clamp members 14. Preferably, two clamp members 14 are provided for each of the sides 22, 23.

lacli clamp member 14 preferably has the re-entering loop 34fserving to be brought on theinner .face of the fold 18, thereby locking the clamp portion 15 in itsposition about the fold 18 and relative to the side 22. A similar action is obtained for the re-entrant portions 34 of the one or more clamped members 14 of ally distributed in special relation to one another by punching two of the openings 12 in each of the sides 35,' 36 of the blank 17 of the cover and one opening 12 in each of the ends 26, 27 of the cover.

, The blank 17 for the cover 10 is creased slniilarly as the blank 16 for the tray 11, and like creased lines are indicated by like reference numbers. 'll he overlapping fold 24 for the end 26 of the tray blank 17 is had by the provision of the creased line 37 and the overlapping fold for the end 27 by the creased line 38.,V

Upon bending the blank 17 for the cover 11 along its indicated creased lines, the overlapping folds 24, 25 serve to hold the respective corners 39 of the cover in position. The retaining of the overlapping folds 24, 25 may be had by the use of a simple clip passed. over earh fold 24, 25.

Preferably, the clip for the cover 10 is in the form indicated in Fig. 6, and comprising .the bent body 'portion 40 of simple clip formation, and further comprising the reentrant portion 41 serving to be brought about r hooked under the under edge of the respective overlapping folds l24, 25, to jointly lock the clip and overlapping fold in position. Such clip may further comprise the loop `end portion 42 of a dia-meter to be passed or sprung over the eye 13 of a clamp member `14 after the eye 13 has been passed through an opening 12, whereby the clips 14, per Vse serve to lock the cover 10 to the tray 11. The coaction of the clips 14, 40 is advantageous in holding the cover 10 on the tray 11 after the article has been enclosed within the container and'preparatory to threading the twine or other Vbinding medium about the container. Y

The twine`43, see Fig. 1, is passed through the eyes 13 of the respective clamp members 14 in any desiredor preferred order of encircling the combined cover 10 and tray 11. By the provision Vof six eye-clampmembersV 14, the usual order of tying the twine 43 of two loopstransversely ofthe length of the container and one loop longitudinally of the container may be had. The ends 44, 45 are knotted, as indicated at 46, to one another or to one of the loops in addition. If desired, the ends 45, 46 may be sealed by any desired or approved form of sealing means 47.

In threading the twine 43 through the eyes 13, the twine may be turned about on itself or knotted, as preferred.

My invention also provides for the use of the twine 48 passing peripherally about the opposite sides 35, 36 and opposite ends 26, 27

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ofi-the cove-r 1101 to serve as the binding mejunctionl with the twine l It' will be' observed that-pursuant to my invent-ion, 11o-portion of `the tWi-ne is brought Within-the interior of theV tray or cover or otherwise Within the container.

In Fig; E I ha-ve shownl a modification of d-iuni the 'twine 48 may fbeemployedf in conmy eye-clamp member, comprising the clamp portion proper 43 formed by bendingthe inaterial of the clamp member upon itself, and furthercoinprisin-gfthe locking end portion or portions 4st passing through a. slot or tivo spaced openings 45"- in either end 20, 21 of the tray 1li. In suchA vconstruction, such slot or pair of openings 45 is had within the otlherfise imperforate vends-20, 21 ofthe tray l1,

but such openings are located closely adjacent the upper-edge of such ends. Furtherf mole, such openings 4.5 are concealed when the cov-eri() is telescoped over the tray 1l, and-'thus do not afford illegal inspectionr and are not ina positionfor passing aiiy instruinentor a linger therethrough.

It v'illj bel understood'y that overlapping folds similar to the folds 1S, 19 may be positioned lalong the ends 20,y 2ly of the tra-y il and theoverlappingV folds 24, 25 of the cover correspondingly located along the sides 35, 36 of theY cover. v p I In the shipment of the box parts as above described, the covers llOa/nd trays 1I are in Wholly iiattened condition andi may be stacked andtied or enclosed in suitable containers as desired.4 Suchl fully flattened condition of the operation of wrapping the individual` containers.

The operations required in the asseinb-ly or the parts of my container are substantially no greater than that of setting-up the usual type of containers. y v

In asimilar manner, my eye-member is applicable to containers of the folding box type and also for solid boxes. My invent-ion isalso adapted for the three. part type of box, comprising separate cover and bottom parts and the central side and end part.

By the use of the folded-'in corners, it will be observed that stapling or equivalent is obviated. In the usual stapled form of box, ywhile permittingr collapsibility, such collapsibility is had at the expense of weakening the of trebledrtliickness at sp aced locations, there.-

by correspondingly decreasing the number ofcollapsed containerwpai'tsin any given space of lt rans'portation or 1 storage'.K

TheY parts of. the telescope typeor other tivol part container', and-ofl the one part and 'three part types` of containers lare made of the usual". material. The eye-members and eye clamp: men'ibeirs-v and other forms loff! clips referred to hereinabove' are preferably made of nietalwork the like .either of round or` fla-t stocltfand shaped pursuant to my invention. `ll'her'eas, I hiayeldeseribed my inventionby *reference tol` s ecific forms thereof it Will be understoody that many changes and. modificatfhe spiritr of the invention;

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Tlieycombination of a container includ-I i-ng atray,.saidlti'ay being-,provided with an overlapping portion,- the cover'jofthe container. being providedl With ai plurality of:

materiali atth'e foldsfand ivhencollla-psed are n tionsniay be' made Without departing from openings, a plurality of eye members correv`sponding in number and location to'saidA openings and carried by said tray to project l the eye portions tliroughsaid openings, certain of said eye members engaging'. said overlapping-*portion to hold the same in position,

Y a clip carried bysaidcover., said clip having,

a-portio-n arranged to extend about the eye portion of one of said eye members` When said cover is in position onv saidv tray and a binding-medium passing through said eye poi'- ytions.2 and exteriorly of said container.

2. The combination of a container including a tray, said tray being provided With an `overlapping portion, the cover of the container being provided Wit-h' a plurality: of bpenings, a plurality of eye members correspending in number and location to said openings and carried by said tray to project thejeye portions thro-ugh said openings,

certain of said eye members engaging'said overlapping portion to hold the same in position, said cover having an overlapping portion extending transversely to the overlapping portion of said tray,'a clip engaging said overlappingportion, said vclip having a portion arranged to extend about the eye portion of one of said eye members when said cover is inposition on said tray'and a binding medium passing through said eye portions and exteriorly of said container. y

3. In a box construction, a box member formed by folding an integral blank along predetermined lines, whereby multi-ply portionsare produced, said portions presenting an upper kfolded-over edge and a resilient clip element for retaining said member in set-up condition, Ysaid .element comprising a Wire shaped to provide a hook portion remov-l ably clampable at desired points over said folded-over edge to retain said plies in superposition, said Vhook portion being provided loo llo

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at its end With a second hook portion Vtor engag-ement about the free edge of one ol seid plies. 1

4. In a box construction, a set-np box member, a similarly constructedv comple.

mentary closure member adapted to telescope Athe boxrmember, and means tor retainingl the head and having' its ends shaped to form ay hook portion;

5. 1n a bonr construction, a box member which includes overlapping` portions, a clo-V sure member provided With a set of'openings, a set off clip elements corresponding in number and location to said openings and carried by said box member, each clip elementbeing provided with a head adapted to eX- tend through one of said openings, and certain ot said clip elen'ients engaging about said overlapping; poreion to hold the same in position, and a'second set o'l' clips carried by the closure member, said last named clips having eyelets adapted to extend eboutthe heads o' certain ot the irstnamed clip elements when the closure is in position on said box member.

6. In a bor: construction, a box member formed by folding,r an integral at blank along predetermined lines; whereby multi-ply portions are produced, a complementary closure member similarly formed and adapted to telescope the boxmember, and means tor retailiing,l the box and closure members in set-up condition and also to lock them together, said means comprising' a set of clip elements removably elampable over the edges of the box member portions to retain said plies in superposition, each ot said elements having a head adapted to engage the closure member,and second set ot clips removably clampable over the edges ot the closure member portions to retain the closure member plie'sin superposition, each oi' said last named clips having an eyelet adapted to engage o-ver one ot said Y heads.

7. For use with a setup bon; member and a similarly constructed complementary clo` sure member adapted to telescope the box member; a fastening device for retainingl the box member in set-up Condition and also to lock said closure member thereto, said device comprising a clip element having a portion constructed and arranged to be removably clampable over a desired point on the dge ott-he box member and having a head formed on said portion and adapted to pass through the closure member when the latter is applied to the eet-up bex member, seid element comprising a Wire medielly looped to provide said head and having its ends shaped to provide a hook portion.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification this 25th day of March, 1925.

JOSEPH KRAIVIER. 

